Phone provider deals: “we work with clients” - business approach. Free is for the short term, we are planning to stay for the long. Make sure you prove your added value and be able to show it.

C4C: be clear in what you expect of a partnership and what it will bring.

Akvo is a service platform. It began as a crowd-funding platform and has really become a transparency layer.Akvo is changing its approach; it’s a young organization in transition.

Aiming too much on development aid (as a frontrunner). Change to a business party (service provider). Akvo platform also suitable for business in emerging markets (South Africa and India)

Define your exit strategy after 5 years?!

Akvo should embrace the fact that it’s not a typical NGO!

T2C and Akvo should do a joint program (campaign) of which 5% will be ICT (Akvo) and 5% will be campaign (T2C). Example: Earthwater China.

Risks are there to cope with – embrace them!

T2C is working together with PWC on procurement policies. The relationship is on a coaching and supplier-ship level. In the beginning there is no time for procedures. Allen & Overy is supporting with legal advice.

Akvo is a post start-up – to be able to scale – key focus is professionalism through the whole organization.

Do you own (in support of partners) risk-assessments – have a clear overview.

There should be a healthy balance between professionalism and innovation.

Data mining: full capacity working on only 20% of the data (there is too much data)

Would be nice to do a survey to check what the perception is of Akvo in relation with 1%club and Pifworld. Deal with outcome in communications and customer segments.

AkvoAcademy / AkvoCourses. India Sanitation Water with government: Social Governmental aspects of Sanitation. Partner with IRC and UNESCO-IHE to improve Akvopedia and add case studies of students and photos.

New generation of widgets – see the story behind the photo: partner sites

#Priority: crucial break-through

Strategy: Akvopedia – has more potential (in different sectors)

DAY TWO

Akvo Foundation USA (Mark N.) – building an organization

Difference in competition: you can buy something – money/media value

Crucial is the “THEM” – make them successful is an USP

Akvo USA Foundation is not for profit: friends status

We are no longer a start-up

We need a board of directors: Becky Straw, Mark Nitzberg (secretary and treasurer), and Paul Ciandrini. And looking for an additional Board member. Peter van der Linde will be President.

Start up operations while documents are in approval process

Internet enabling services – Y-combinator – Wave is back in Internet services. Akvo fits right in the second wave.

We develop building blocks (Lego), open source, to continue building on.

We could become also a social venture

We should not focus on technical aspects of AID in USA. It’s already very crowded in the (private) fundraising arena. Water and Development Aid is a unique combination.

Instead of trying to compete we should partner!

It all relies on TRUST – programs with the Dutch government provide a golden combination. Other success factors: technology component for the solution of many parties, interest in Development Aid, Not for profit, .org.

Akvo should make their life easier!

Akvo Foundation USA (Becky)

The Adventure Project: Social enterprise - businesses to provide social services